Bathroom stool



' Aug.- 1o 1926.

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UNITED STATES 1,595,366 ra'rsnry OFFICE.

JAMES EVER-ETT TAYLOR, OF SAN`ANTONIO, TEXAS.

BATHROOM STOOL.

Application filed .Tune 27, 1924. Serial No. 722,736.V

This invention aims to provideV a novel stool, adapted to be used in a bath room,

or elsewhere, and to be folded into a cabinet` it will be understood that a mechanic, worling within the scope of what is claimed, may make changes and alterations, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z--Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, the door being opened, and the stool and the blacking stand being folded into the cabinet; Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view wherein the stool and the blaclring stand are in operative position; Figure 4 is a top plan of the structure shown in Figure 3.

ln carrying out the invention, there is provided a cabinet 1, adapted to Vbe built into the wall of a bath room or other apartment, a portion of the floor of which is designated bythe numeralv 2. Y The cabinet 1 may be constructed in various ways, but, preferably, it embodies a top 3, a bottom 4, adapted to be alined with the floor 2, sides 5 and 6, and a back 7. A laterally and upwardly projecting finishing frame 8 may be secured to the top 3 land the sides 5 and 6. A horizontally swinging` door 9 is hinged at 10 to the side 6 and a mirror 11 may be mounted on the door, if desired, the door being provided on its inner surface with a towel rack 12 located above the mirror. A

r vertical partition 14 projects forwardly from the back 7 Aand downwardly from the top 3, the partition terminating in spaced relation to the bottom 4, as shown clearly in the drawings. Shelves 15 extend between the partition 14 and the side 5 and define compartments 1.6 for towels, shaving requisites or anything else of a like sort.

A stool 17 is provided, and is connected in any suitable way to the back 7 of the cabinet, so that the stool may be swung upwardly from the position of Figure 3, to the position of Figure 1, within the cabinet. It may be expedient to connect the inner end of the stool, by means of hinges 13, to a horizontal cleat 19,v secured at 2O to the baclr 7 of the cabinet, the stool 17 being adapted to fold upwardly into the cabinet, between the partition 14 and the side 6, as disclosed in Figure 1. A leg 21, of any desired construction, is hinged at 22 to the stool 17, at a point near to the outer end of the stool.v l A s 'pringbrace 23 is secured at its inner end, 24, to the stool 17, and is adapted to project into an opening 25 in the leg 21, tbe brace having a shoulder 26, which, when the leg 21 is in the depending position of Figure 3, engages the upper portion of the leg to hold the leg releasably at right angles to the stool 17, so that the leg, coacting with the Hoor 2, will support the stool in a horizontal position. lVhen the stool 17 ris swung backwardly and upwardly into the cabinet 1, as shown in Figure 1, the spring brace 2,3, cooperating with the upper portion of the leg 21, hold the leg parallel to the stool, as shown in Figure 2.

The device comprises a blaclring stand including a foot rest 27 which may be made up of base 28, al pedestal 29 and a top piece 30, an arm 31 projecting from the pedestal 29 and the top piece 30 and being pivoted at 32, for horizontal swinging movement, to a rider 33 held by guides 34, for right line horizontal sliding movement, on a support or radius arm 35 pivoted at 36, for horizontal swinging movement, to a bracket 37 on Vthe back 7 of the cabinet and located closely adjacent to the side 5 thereof. There is a stop 38 on the support 35 which, coacting with one of the guides 34, prevents the riderv 33 from being slid entirely off the support. The construction last above described embodies a stool and a longitudinally extensible carrier for the stool, the carrier being hinged to the cabinet for horizontal swinging movement.

When the device is not in use, theI parts appear as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the

.stool 17 being swung upwardly and backwardly into the cabinet, the rider 33 being slid backwardly on the support 35, and the support and the stool being swung backwardly into the cabinet. y

kThe stool 17 may be swung downwardly into the position of Figure 3, and be upheld by the leg 21. The support 35 is swung outwardly at right angles to the back 7 of the cabinet, the rider 33 is advanced until one of the guides 34 engages the stop 38, and the arm 31, carrying the foot rest 27, .is swung around on the pivot element 32 into the position shown in Figure 4, so that it stands about at right angles to the support 35. The rider 33 may be adjusted inwardly and outwardly, and the arm 3 1 may be swung laterally, for adjustment, thereby positioning the top piece 30 of the foot rest conveniently to a person sitting on the stool 17.

Although the stool 17 and the 'toot rest 27 are adapted to be used together, and cooperate with each other, it is clear that the stool 17 may be used. Without the foot rest, and that, at times, it may be desirable to use the foot rest Without the stool. Owing to the fact that the loWeimost shelf 15 is spaced from the bottom 4L of the cabinet, the foot rest 27 may be swung into the cabinet, as disclosed in Figure 1'.

That is claimed is:-

Vln a device of the class described, a radius arm, means for mounting the radius arm at one end 'for horizontal swinging movement, a rider, means for mounting the rider for horizontal right-line reciprocation on the arm in the direction of the length of the arm, a foot rest including a supporting pedestal, and means for pivoting the 'foot rest to the rider for horizontal swinging movement. l

In testimony that l claim the `foregoing as my ovvn, I have hereto aiitixed my signature.

JAS. EVERETT TAYLGR. 

